“The overall message of the book is as touching and moving as we have seen before in Nouwen’s work. The image of the servant-leader among the people is one that needs to be pointed out again and again in the church.”
“These reflections come out of his own openness to personal struggle and growth—in this case, recent experiences as priest at a L’Arche community for the mentally handicapped . . . His message movingly conveys how his relationships with these broken people have touched him deeply in return. Heart-warming and provocative.”
“An absolute treasure. There is more packed between the covers of this little book that adults will find helpful to living a Christian life than you’ll find in many a volume three times its size.”
“Must reading for scholars and students of the early church and New Testament, for church people (‘leadership’ included), for feminists and likely for others as well.”